If you were one of the lucky few to attend the Dexter panel at Comic Con on Thursday, you were able to catch the exclusive season five trailer. If you were like me, you were left watching crappy cell phone videos of the trailer on YouTube. Thankfully Showtime has since released it online in beautiful HD.

After the incredibly strong fourth season, I was concerned that the follow up would fall flat; however, this sneak peek has allowed me to put those worries aside. It seems that Dexter is going to have to deal with the increasing suspicion of his coworkers, a backlash from his stepchildren, and more bad guys than previous seasons. Executive produce Chip Johannessen said, “We wanted to get away from the single serial killer. We’re not doing a serial killer of the week thing. We just have more balls in the air.”

In the meantime, Dexter will have to find a way to deal with the guilt he’s feeling for his wives death. Michael C. Hall said, “An appetite remains for killing and I think there’s an inexpressible unquenchable vengeance alive in Dexter now because of the fact that he killed Trinity and allowed himself to express a sense of kinship and a sense of mercy, only to discover that the guy had murdered his wife,” Hall said. “He can’t bring Trinity back to life and kill him again, so he has to find other victims.”

We also learned the role Julie Benz will play in the upcoming season. Benz returned to the bloody bathtub for a murder investigation scene, and laid inside a casket her funeral. “It’s a pretty creepy thing to get into a casket, especially when you’re having to act dead,” said Hall, “Julie and I laughed about the absurdity of the situation, but we didn’t joke around about it too much. I wanted her to be able to get out of there as soon as she could.” It remains unclear whether she will be in any other scenes.

[SOURCE: TVGuide.com, TVGuide.com, SHOWTIME]

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Do you think it’s about time the Carmine family got a break in the Gears universe? Probably not. However, in the event that do, you will be given a chance to make it happen, maybe.

Starting July 29th, two Gears of War shirts will be added to the Avatar Marketplace–one will say “Carmine Must Die” and the other will say “Save Carmine.” Purchasing either of these shirts will count as a vote to determine his fate in the new game. On top of that, all the proceeds will go to the Child’s Play charity.

If you happen to be attending Comic Con, you will have the chance to purchase a real version of either shirt, which will also count as a vote.

[SOURCE: Joystiq.com]

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Peter Weller (Robocop) and Katherin Moennig (The L Word) were recently added to cast for the upcoming season of Dexter. Weller will appear in eight episodes as a cop under investigation by internal affairs. Moennig will appear in one episode as a tattoo artist.

If you happen to be at Comic Con right now, you should check out the Dexter panel for a sneak peak of the new season. That is, assuming that the panel hasn’t already happened.

Dexter will premiere Sunday September 26th, 2010.

[SOURCE: TVGuide.com, TVGuide.com]

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Okay, so maybe this isn’t really news, but it’s still pretty cool. If you head over to Amazon.com right now, you can find over 400 discounted anime titles, most of them for $30 or less. And it’s not just the crap no one likes either. They have all the popular stuff like Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, and One Piece. Not into shonen fighting shows, Bubblegum Crisis, Black Lagoon, Gunbuster, and RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ are on sale as well. Act fact, because I have no idea how long this sale is going on. Click here for a full list of what’s on sale. Remember, if you purchase anything using any of those links, a portion of the sale will go to fightbait.com.

[SOURCE: Daryl Surat]

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Remember at E3 how Nintendo’s keynote was essentially, “Hey everybody, look at our balls. We’re Nintedo!”? Well, Funimation just did the same thing at Anime Expo. The following is a list of all their new acquisitions:

Simulcasts

• Moyashimon Live Action
• Shiki
• Black Butler II
• Sekirei ~Pure Engagements~
• The Legend of the Legendary Hereos
• Sengoku Basara II

DVD Releases

• Darker Than BLACK Season Two
• Shakugan no Shana Season Two, Movie, and OVA
• Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
• Toaru Majutsu no Index
• Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Trail of Blood
• Hellsing Ultimate 5-7
• Trigun: Badlands Rumble

Rescues

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